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Sir Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, 8th Baronet (11 July 1854 – 29 June 1942) was a Scottish politician, soldier and landowner.


Biography

He was the eldest son of Sir Michael Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet, and Lady Octavia Grosvenor, daughter of
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (27 January 1795 – 31 October 1869), styled The Honourable Richard Grosvenor from 1795 to 1802, Viscount Belgrave from 1802 to 1831 and Earl Grosvenor from 1831 to 1845, was an English polit ...
. He was educated at Eton and
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. He was a Captain in the 4th Battalion (Princess Louise's), the
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and Honorary Colonel of the 5/6th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was unsuccessful
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parliamentary candidate for
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in 1885, and was elected for
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in 1886, holding the seat until 1906. In 1903, he succeeded his father in the baronetcy and as
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of Ardgowan. He was awarded the CB in the
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and knighted in the same order in the 1933 Birthday Honours. He was Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire from 1922 until his death and was also chairman of the county council.


Personal life

In 1883, he married Lady Alice Emma Thynne , daughter of
John Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath John Alexander Thynne, 4th Marquess of Bath (1 March 1831 – 20 April 1896), styled Viscount Weymouth between March and June 1837, was a British peer and landowner, and a diplomat for almost sixty years. Background and education Born in St Jam ...
. There were no surviving children of the marriage. He died in a nursing home in Glasgow, aged 87. He was succeeded by his nephew, Col. Sir Walter Guy Shaw-Stewart, 9th Baronet .


See also

* Shaw Stewart baronets


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* 1854 births 1942 deaths Nobility from Inverclyde Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers Baronets in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Lord-lieutenants of Renfrewshire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Scottish justices of the peace
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